Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-09
Observation-Disclosures 8, 1887.
Mahone as a pronhet.

Now that the people Of Virginia are
exulting over their victory over Ma
hons. as well as their victory over the
coupon. IL may be well TO remind them
that the coupon-crusher received nothing
but abuse from MALONE. In his cam
paigu document entitled "Food for
Thought" sent out before the recent
election, he talked as follows;
eyes, they have again resolved to
stand by the Riddleberger settlement. as
though that composed the debt question
and arrested the accumulation OF the tax
receivable coupons, which goes on at the
rate OF @ million and more yearly, and
as though the people did not know that
they had killed stone dead the Riddle
berger settlement that they had by
their laundering intermeddling with that
settlement not only restored the coupon
TO active interference with Our revenues,
but have secured for it supreme powers.
"They have not only caused the re-
turn Of the coupon TO stay and live as
mortgage upon our revenues until it is
satisfied. but now with absolute power
TO forbid process for the recovery OF any
dues TO the Commonwealth where it has
been rendered in payment.
Here it was charged that the Demo
Gratis had killed the RIDDLEBERGER bill
"stone dead that is, by passing laws
intended to render that bill effective.
The coupon-crusher, which has just
secured such triumph for the old Com
monwealth, MALONE declared to be
laundering intermeddling" with the
RIpDLEBERGER settlement. He main
tanned that the Democrats had secured
for the coupon "supreme powers and
yet it is over that very coupon that the
Democratic "crusher" gained 30 signal
a victory last Monday.
But the second paragraph quoted
above shows that MALONE rejoiced over
what he assumed to be a fact-namely,
chat the Democrats had so legislated as
10 make the coupon mortgage upon
cur revenues until it was paid, and "to
forbid process for the recovery of any
Dues TO the Commonwealth where the
coupon had been rendered in payment"
Thus the assertions he made were pre-
cisely the reverse of what last Mondays
decision shows to be the truth of the
matter.
We ought to have added that though
MAHoSE's name is not appended to the
document from which we have quoted, it
was none the less his, being one of those
with which he flooded the State and
upon which he kept his presses busy at
work. What does he think of his pre-
dictions now
But it was not MALONE only that kept
up the cry that the Democrats had by
their unwise legislation destroyed the
R1pDLRBERaER bill. His organs de-
lighted to dwell upon this charge,
though WILLIAM i. CAMERON, the man
whom they made Governor, recon-
mended such further legislation on the
debt question as would render the RID
DIEBERGRR bill effective in its opera
tion-thus confesang that more legisla-
ton was needed.
The decision of the Supreme Court OF
the United States in the Virginia con-
tempt cases completely bankrupted Ma
HONE. He rode into power on the debt
question. He has now gone out of pow
er. The people gave him heavy blow
in November. The Supreme Court fol-
lowed up the blow.
The Republican party in Virginia will
now, we suppose, be free to organize as
BLAINE party. SHERMAN lost his hold
upon Virginia when MALONE was de-
feated last month. We shall watch with
interest the movements Of the two wings
of the Republican party--the BLAINE
wing and the SHERMAN wing-the Read
juster or MALONE wing and the Republic
can wing moved by CAMERON, RIDDLE
BERGER, BRADY, LEWIS, Yosr, WIcKHAM.
and the rest of the Republicans who refuse
toacknowledge MALONE asa boss. Which
ever wing first calls State convention
10 provide for sending delegates to the
Republican National Convention VIII
probably have an advantage over the lag
eine wing, unless indeed there shall
prove TO be much larger number OF
men present at the latter convention
than at the former.
At any rate, we shall see what we shall
see.
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